We asked everyday people what they want the National Dialogue to prioritise. This is what they said.
Ahead of the National Dialogue, we asked over 300,000 people, primarily black women from low-income backgrounds, what should be prioritised at the National Dialogue. The following are the top three issues they are worried about. 1. Unpaid and inadequate social grants Social grants continue to be a lifeline for millions. Our members, who 84% are […]
Minister Godongwana’s move to increase the VAT is an attack on the marginalised majority
Community organisation, amandla.mobi, is disappointed and concerned that Finance Minister Godongwana has continued with his aggressive move to ‘increase the VAT rate by half-a percentage point in 2025/26, and by another half-a-percentage point in the following year’. Lessons from the past show that increasing the VAT is not an effective solution to raising enough revenue, […]
Social grant recipients concerned Pres Ramaphosa has not kept his R350 commitment
Community organisation amandla.mobi says that hundreds of its members have said they have still not been paid their R350 grant for April. According to SASSA’s Post Office payment schedule, payments started on 1 April 2022, but according to grant recipient Kgothatso, they have not been paid and haven’t gotten any answer from Sassa: “I went […]